linkestimator.nc

tinyos2.0版本驱动

/* $Id: LinkEstimator.nc,v 1.5 2007/11/16 23:14:49 gnawali Exp $ */
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/** Provides an additive quality measure for a neighbor. The
 * provided quality increases when the true link quality increases.
 *  @author Rodrigo Fonseca
 *  @author Omprakash Gnawali
 *  @date   $Date: 2007/11/16 23:14:49 $
 */

/* Quality of a link is defined by the implementor of this interface.
 * It could be ETX, PRR, etc.
 */

interface LinkEstimator {
  
  /* get bi-directional link quality for link to the neighbor */
  command uint16_t getLinkQuality(uint16_t neighbor);

  /* get quality of the link from neighbor to this node */
  command uint16_t getReverseQuality(uint16_t neighbor);

  /* get quality of the link from this node to the neighbor */
  command uint16_t getForwardQuality(uint16_t neighbor);

  /* insert this neighbor into the neighbor table */
  command error_t insertNeighbor(am_addr_t neighbor);

  /* pin a neighbor so that it does not get evicted */
  command error_t pinNeighbor(am_addr_t neighbor);

  /* pin a neighbor so that it does not get evicted */
  command error_t unpinNeighbor(am_addr_t neighbor);

  /* called when an acknowledgement is received; sign of a successful
     data transmission; to update forward link quality */
  command error_t txAck(am_addr_t neighbor);

  /* called when an acknowledgement is not received; could be due to
     data pkt or acknowledgement loss; to update forward link quality */
  command error_t txNoAck(am_addr_t neighbor);

  /* called when the parent changes; clear state about data-driven link quality  */
  command error_t clearDLQ(am_addr_t neighbor);

  /* signal when this neighbor is evicted from the neighbor table */
  event void evicted(am_addr_t neighbor);
}